No…. they were not born on the Lazy Sombrero, but they did come to us in April.

It is the big “farm note” of the month.

Here are a few pics to celebrate the newest addition to the homestead.

ewe

babies

The baby lambs the day we brought them home. They are twins - though you can see the black one was much larger than the brown one.

We started off very small - one ewe and her two ewe lambs. One reason I liked this match is because of the different wool colors I will have to spin next year. Each one is a different color. We brought them all home when the lambs were 2 weeks old. The littlest one, Cinnimon, didn’t seem to be doing well after a couple of days. It was very lethargic and seemed to be losing weight. Our caretaker told us he believed she was starving to death. Yikes! We brought her in and fed her with a bottle - - and still tried to encourage her to nurse. After a few days of this, she perked up and it was clear she had begun to nurse.

Now, they really seem to be settled in and are thriving.

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